Clare Sands announces new album They Tried To Bury Us and releases new single

Clare Sands has announced her new album, They Tried To Bury Us, due for release in October.

They Tried To Bury Us is described as a "collection of songs that gives voice to the silenced, those seeking refuge on our shores and the Palestinian poets whose words embody defiance and inspire generations."

The first single from the album was released today, the track, which is named after the album, features lyrics from three Palestinian poets and also includes the ancient Irish folk song ‘Óró, sé do bheatha'bhaile'.

“This song is a song of hope and resilience, I wrote it to amplify the voices of Palestinian poets," said Sands.

"It was so special to create this alongside some of the best musicians in the North of Ireland and to witness Mustafa’s Palestinian Dabke dancing up the Cavehill mountain in Belfast, somewhere with huge cultural significance for all religions and cultures.”

The accompanying music video was inspired by and filmed on Beann Mhadagáin (Cave Hill) in Belfast, County Antrim – a historic location where the United Irishmen used to hold their meetings for the Irish rebellion.

The video, directed and filmed by twin sisters Kasia and Liadain Kaminska, features Mustafa Al-Saidi, founder of Belfast Dabke. He was taught by his father, Osama, who was tragically killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza in August 2025, along with his brother, Yousef.

• Watch the music video for 'They Tried To Bury Us' below: